Distributional Properties Flashcards by Mateo Cocco

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Distributional properties of Nouns

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Preceded by articles (The/A)
Fills position after ‘no’ (no bananas, no breakfast)

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Distributional properties of Verbs

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Position after auxiliaries (will, could, should, etc.)

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Distributional properties of Adjectives

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Attributive position: The/A/Possessive prn + Adj. + N
Predicative position: after verbs “be/seem/look”

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Distributional properties of Preposition

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Precedes ‘The’ + N
Ex: under, like, before

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